If road cycling were compared to running, then track cycling would be the equivalent of the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints, placing the greatest emphasis on a rider's anaerobic explosiveness over a short period.
ITT, on the other hand, was like the 1,500-meter or 3,000-meter middle-distance run. It required riders to remain within their lactate threshold zone throughout—the mixed aerobic-anaerobic range—using true FTP power and pursuing maximum aerodynamic efficiency to complete an endurance ride.
As for road races lasting one or two hundred kilometers, they were undoubtedly marathons. Riders spent most of their time maintaining aerobic riding within the peloton.
But peloton races placed the most comprehensive demands on a rider's abilities.
For example, flat stages required sprinters to unleash tremendous anaerobic explosiveness, while mountain stages required GC riders to demonstrate exceptional threshold-riding ability.
When Huang Chong heard that Chen Junyi wanted him to complete a full 30-kilometer ITT endurance test, he did not dare take it lightly.
Although she was beautiful and easygoing, this was the provincial team's training base.
Moreover, she had introduced herself with two titles that already sounded highly professional. She was obviously no ordinary person, so he did not dare say much and replied directly, "Okay, Chen—"
"I'm Director Zhang's assistant now. You can call me Assistant Chen!"
Seeing that Huang Chong did not know how to address her, Chen Junyi calmly introduced her position and identity at the base again.
"Mm, Assistant Chen, shall we begin now? Where's my riding route?
You're not going to have me ride thirty kilometers in circles around the track cycling oval, are you?
This track is only 333.3 meters per lap. Wouldn't that mean ninety laps? I'm afraid I'd get dizzy and pass out!"
"No. ITT riding data has to be tested in a natural environment, and I also